how about las vegas....? great venues.... a good city, 4 local teams (2003), 10 State teams.... Tons of AZ and CA teams nearby. were only 5 hrs MAX from both Los Angeles and Phoenix. see my thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=20240
cheap and easy airfare and hotel rooms, great weather too.

2002 Einstein Div Highest rookie seed (5th)
2003 AZ Xerox Creativity award
2003 AZ Semifinalist w/ 222 and 696

Rochester (It is the only place I can find good pork hots[sp.]! )
England (chip-chip-cherio!)
Providence
Alaska (just so I have an excuse to go out there!)

I think the proper response to that is "we're working on it." We're looking into the fact that RIT will have a nice new field house completed sometime in 2004 so it might just be possible to host a Rochester regional in 2005.

Matt

I also want a Delaware regional,
that guy Kyle is a smart guy.


I would also like to see one in Cornell

What's wrong with the Blue Cross Arena?

Do we have anybody in Rochester still working on getting us a regional? I know we were talking about it a couple of years ago. I agree that Blue Cross Arena would be a cool place to have a regional... maybe we coul work out a deal with Jillians to have the wrap party there... pipe dream.
Also are any of us actively recruiting new teams? I tried to get Pittsford on board last year but they were not interrested. I would be more than happy to continue to help once we secure a sponsor for ourselves for next year. We should get the Rochester coalition back in action to work on this regional thing.

Well, there are certain advantages to RIT. Namely, that it should be free (I'm not sure if there'd be any cost involved with Blue Cross Arena or not). There's also the ability to have non-rediculously overpriced food. That and the fact that those of us working on it here go to RIT and we could get (and are) a lot of support for it.

I know we're working on it at RIT but it's not a particularly official item yet. We've talked about it a bit and are trying to push it up the chain of command.

I guess the question is, what's wrong with RIT's Field House?

Matt

Well how about an off-season competition there instead?

I'll definately help out that. I have been thinking that an off-season comp would be the first step toward a new regional. Is that how it is generally done? Do most new regionls have an off-season comp first?

Some regionals have involvement with post-season competitions but I know that not all of them do. It's usually more that people who are likely to help organize a post-season competition are also more likely to be involved with starting a regional. We'll keep you apprised if we get anywhere with this.

I know that Kodak is running a post-season competition in September of this year. I'm not sure if you were implying holding it at RIT or not but Kodak has plans to hold it at their facility.

Matt

That's more of an exibition. Probably as a recruitment tool to attract businesses and schools.

Haha yeah - for those three days, the population of the town would double!! :p

- Katie

with the growing number of teams from the dakotas kansas, and now even Montana, I would like to see a MORE central regional. St.Louis is too south, Michigan is too North and Chicago is too East. Maybe in kansas or somewhere near the Western Iowa border.

I was told that while it's an exhibition it will also be a post season competition. Perhaps I was told incorrect information. I think it may be a little of both.

Matt

Some guy today told me...
 

I was at a gathering today at the Hotel duPont in Wilmington Delaware, and there was some guy there riding some scooter device who said he wants a regional in Delaware, sponsored by some big chemical company.

Im tryin to remember, the guy was riding a scooter he called the segway and I think his name was Dean...Dean Kamen. And that big chemical company, well they sponsor 9 teams in the US and they are called, well jeeze they share the name with the hotel I was at, Dupont of course.

SO I want a regional at the University of Delaware. The Bob Carpenter center to be exact. Hosted by the Miracle Workerz.

That's a lot of work, if any area teams have anything to say about it, e-mail me, lets see if teams are interested.